Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin, but he's standing up for what he believes in and that seems pretty damned American to me.

If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out.

And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.

Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money.

I've always written about things that cause me to feel something.

Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.

I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.